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of a night which isnot yet concluded.Thick cloudsof smoke darkenedHis first rays;as soon as He appeared,the sky was stainedw<strong>it</strong>h blood;the outlines of thingsare still indistinct,and still concealedare the tokensof His morning.And although I caughtan astonished glimpseof His radiant dawnabove my heart’suncertain orient,sometimes I myself know notwhether this, my penumbrais just the dusk of a daydeclining toward night,or the early glimmerof a fast approachingmorning.207
PSYCHE AND POETRYSan Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna), 29 February 1996… there cameThought after thought to nourish up the flameW<strong>it</strong>hin my breast; so that the morning lightSurprised me even from a sleepless night;And up I rose refresh’d, and glad, and gay…John KeatsYou are not nymph to me,nor am I satyr lustingafter you. I am notZulaykhá nor youJoseph, but I amJacob blindedby too many tearsshed for his son’slong and abhorrent absence.I am Majnún, indeed, and youhis unreachable Laylá.Shall I always singunappeased longings?208
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RemotenessPoemsJulio SaviCasa Editr
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By the same authorBahíyyih Khánum
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Copyright © 2002 by Julio Savi1 st
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25 Impotence26 Sleep27 The Weary Ha
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viiiDESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE97
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205 I Am of the Children of the Hal
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290 Loneliness291 Metropolitan Meet
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and necessary form, whose delicate
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inspired artist, Julio Savi has the
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PREFACERemoteness is the title of t
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REMOTENESSTo Paola, Adriano and Eli
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YEARNING FOR BEAUTYAsmara, 5 July 1
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FROM THE BLUE OF THE SKYAsmara, 28
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YOUR BROAD HALLSAsmara, 1 April 195
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WILT THOU THE CLEMENTAsmara, 6 June
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TOWARD THE LIGHTAsmara, 21 June 195
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AND NOW IT RAINSAsmara, 25 June 195
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FROM A RED HOT FIREAsmara, 2 July 1
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O PEACE OF THE INFINITYAsmara, 8 Au
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THERE IS PEACE ON THE SEAMassawa, 3
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MELANCHOLYMassawa, 8 April 1957O Me
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IMPOTENCEAsmara, 19 June 1957Dizzil
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THE WEARY HAND GIVES OVERAsmara, 6
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BUT THE HEART LONG MUTEDAsmara, Sep
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I JOIN MY HANDS TO THINEAsmara, Jan
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UNFULFILLED DREAMS1961-1964
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SLOW WANDERINGBologna, 25 October 1
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YOU OUGHT TO SMILEBologna, 25 Novem
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WINTER DUSKCastel d’Aiano (Bologn
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And when it bursts out-an impassion
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AND IF I SHALL REFUSE THY RANKSBolo
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VEILS OF OBLIVIONBologna, 17 July 1
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FAR FROM THEEBologna, 18 July 1962I
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IN THE SILENT NIGHTBologna, 31 May
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TODAY IN THE TROUGHBologna, 4 Novem
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THE FLAVOUR OF THY DEWBologna, 4 No
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ANOTHER DISQUIETING MORNINGBologna,
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IT’S ONLY A MEMORYBologna, 11 Dec
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THE EARLIEST SNOWBologna, Winter 19
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ABOVE THE MISTSBologna, 12 January
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PERHAPS THE SKY IS SMILINGBologna,
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YOUR LIFE COMES TO AN ENDBologna, 2
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I KNOW NOT WHO I AMBologna, 8 May 1
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O SWEET DISTANT YEARSBologna, 18 Se
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my ignoranceoverflow into the water
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THE DAY OF THY PROMISEBologna, 12 N
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THE SOWN SEED WILL SPROUTBologna, 1
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HUMAN THOUGHTSBologna, 25 January 1
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THE HEAVEN OF THE HEARTBologna, 12
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THE SHADE OF REMEMBRANCEBologna, 14
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ALWAYS IN THY PRESENCEBologna, 4 Ma
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Weariness burnt-out ashescovers all
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SO MUCH LIFE IS WASTEDBologna, 21 N
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THE CELESTIAL DEWBologna, 30 Septem
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YOUR HAND IN MY HANDCastel San Piet
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DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE1975-1
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TO BE A PART, I TOOBologna, 1976-19
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MY HEART IS WAVERINGBologna, 1976-1
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TO THE POOR, ASTONISHED HEARTBologn
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THE SMELL OF THAT SPRINGTIMESan Gio
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THE HOUR WE LIVED TOGETHERSan Giova
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The awarenessof participatingfor th
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IN THE DARK THAT REMAINSSan Giovann
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And now such infinitetenderness and
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O TENDER LOVE THRIVING IN THE BREAS
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THE POWER OF LOVESan Giovanni in Pe
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AND A THOUSAND KIND HANDSSan Giovan
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The standard whereby you shouldbe j
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAMBologna, 1983-1
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YOU COME BACK, O POETRYBologna, 19
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Only when the zenithal sundistills
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Liza,among those aged stumpsfrom th
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THE SYCAMORESaganeiti (Eritrea), 10
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would soon be there as well.What fl
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And what else shall I say?Perchance
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YEARNINGParma, 1 June 1992Life is a
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THE REMOTE HEATHS OF A FORMER DAYAd
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THE UNEXPECTED RAINAkordat (Eritrea
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REMOTE CALLSAdi Kashi (Eritrea), 20
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REMNANTS OF DAYS FOREVER GONEMassaw
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naked ebonyof lithesome bodiespolis
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IN THE DAWN CHANGING SUNBet Maka (E
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TOWARD THE UNREACHED BORDERS1994-19
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And Thou… Thou artalways there an
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Page 207 and 208: THE NEUTRON OF THE SPIRITBologna, 7
Page 210 and 211: IN THE SMALL CRESCENTBentivoglio (B
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Page 214 and 215: AGAINST EACH NAYPerugia, 9 December
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Page 220 and 221: CHILDRENBologna, 24 January 1996For
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Page 232 and 233: CLOUDSBologna, 16 March 19961Clouds
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BLOOMING ANEWBologna, 17 December 1
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DROWNEDBologna, 25 December 1998Tow
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THE NIGHT OF ṢIDQ-‘ALÍBologna,
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On that hospital bed in Smyrna,when
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O LIFE, PLACID WATERSon the Loire,
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Did that unknownman whom you always
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SHAYKH SALMÁNBologna, 1 February 1
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‘ABDU’LLÁH BAGHDÁDÍBologna,
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THOMAS AND THE LIGHTBologna-Alessan
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for you to turn away.You feel under
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IN THE INCOMING TWILIGHTSan Marino-
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A GREATER LOVEBologna, 24 June 1999
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WHO AM I?Niederdorf (Bozen), 4 July
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MEMORYBentivoglio (Bologna), 9 July
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FROM NIGHTS TO DAWNSBologna, 31 May
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Seventeen hours wereall that time c
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LONELINESSBologna-Wienacht (Switzer
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I look hard at the kid,waiting to c
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HALCYON DAYSBologna 13 June 2001Fet
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1 Jalálu’d-Dín Rúmí, Kullíyy
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70 Without TheeBahá’u’lláh,
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301DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE100
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAM123 An Unexpect
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September), celebrating the end of
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159 A Happy and Marvellous EndLeo N
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man of pain: Ungaretti, L’Allegri
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Zulaykhá is, in the Islamic tradit
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ecause they have their radiant, tha
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‘the crimson City of God’ (Bah
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AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
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on that dark side seems to exalt th
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If the real world were the same as
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transforming the experiences of our
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all deeds and behaviours such quali
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An Unexpected StreamBetween ’83 a
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tion, if not a reconfirmed doubt ab
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wilderment conducive to a great wis
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ALPHABETIC LISTING OF POEMS272 ‘A
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237 Give Me Your Cup294 Halcyon Day
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181 Snow-White Hand of the Night89
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225 Yesterday a Kindly Friend203 Yo
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